14-letter words containing m, i, p
- point calimere — a cape on the SE coast of India, on the Palk Strait
- point estimate — the process of determining a single estimated value (point estimate) of a parameter of a given population.
- point mutation — a change in a single base in a nucleotide sequence.
- pointed domain — (theory) In most formulations of domain theory, a domain is defined to have a bottom element and algebraic CPOs without bottoms are called "predomains". David Schmidt's domains do not have this requirement and he calls a domain with a bottom "pointed".
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polar maritime — a type of cold, wet air mass originating at high latitudes over ocean areas
- polemoniaceous — belonging to the Polemoniaceae, the phlox family of plants.
- police academy — a school for training police officers
- poly-syllogism — an argument made up of a chain of syllogisms, the conclusion of each being a premise of the one following, until the last one.
- polyacrylamide — a white, solid, water-soluble polymer of acrylamide, used in secondary oil recovery, as a thickening agent, a flocculant, and an absorbent, and to separate macromolecules of different molecular weights.
- polymerization — the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- port coquitlam — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, E of Vancouver.
- post-modernism — Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
- post-modernist — A post-modernist is a writer, artist, or architect who is influenced by post-modernism.
- postamputation — following or occurring after an amputation
- postdeterminer — a member of a subclass of English adjectival words, including ordinal and cardinal numbers, that may be placed after an article or other determiner and before a descriptive adjective, as first and three in the first three new chapters.
- postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
- postmillennial — of or relating to the period following the millennium.
- postminimalism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a style in painting and sculpture developing in the 1970s, retaining the formal simplifications of minimal art, but striving to imbue works with a broad range of meaning and reference and often demonstrating a concern with craft and a kinship with tribal art and sculpture.
- postretirement — relating to or occurring in the period after retirement
- potassium alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potassium-alum — Also called potash alum, potassium alum. a crystalline solid, aluminum potassium sulfate, K 2 SO 4 ⋅Al 2 (SO 4) 3 ⋅24H 2 O, used in medicine as an astringent and styptic, in dyeing and tanning, and in many technical processes.
- potentiometric — a device for measuring electromotive force or potential difference by comparison with a known voltage.
- pour le merite — for merit.
- powdery mildew — any of various parasitic fungi of the ascomycete order Erysiphales, which produce a powderlike film of mycelium on the surface of host plants.
- pragmatization — the action of putting theory into practice, the process of rendering something more pragmatic
- prayer meeting — a meeting chiefly for prayer.
- praying mantis — mantis.
- pre-assumption — something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption. Synonyms: presupposition; hypothesis, conjecture, guess, postulate, theory.
- pre-commercial — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- pre-compliance — the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding.
- pre-experiment — occurring, existing, or implemented prior to beginning an experiment
- pre-intimation — to indicate or make known indirectly; hint; imply; suggest.
- pre-investment — the investing of money or capital in order to gain profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
- precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
- precision-made — made to precise specifications
- precompetitive — in marketing, designating or occurring during the stage prior to the completion of development of a product, when companies collaborate rather than compete
- precompression — the act of compressing.
- predeterminate — determined beforehand; predetermined.
- predeterminism — the belief that everything is predetermined
- preformulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
- preliminaries' — preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations.
- premeditatedly — done deliberately; planned in advance: a premeditated murder.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- premillenarian — a believer in premillennialism.
- premium income — An insurer's premium income is the income that it earns from premiums.
- preprogramming — the action of programming a computer in advance
- prerequirement — that which is required; a thing demanded or obligatory: One of the requirements of the job is accuracy.
- prescriptivism — a writer, teacher, or supporter of prescriptive grammar.